Boy Hurt as Two Police Cars Hit in City Accidents
A 5 year old boy, James Conrad, was treated at Middletown Hospital for multiple bruises after being struck by a car driven by Riley E. Spencer at 7 25 p m on Cherry Street between Taylor and Smith Avenues. Spencer was not cited. Police report two patrol cars were damaged in separate incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Conrad
Clem Conrad
Taylor Ave
Middletown Hospital
Riley E. Spencer
Fairmount Ave
Cherry Street
Taylor Avenue
Smith Avenue
Spencer
Missing Fenwick photo prompts police report
Police said a 1968 Fenwick High School graduating class photograph vanished from the school foyer with no stated value. Ernest Childers reported a $65 television stolen from his unlocked car in a Central Avenue Main Street lot. Robert L. Thomas, 30, was arrested on a harassment by telephone warrant. Burl Jordan reported a $13 luggage rack theft from the top of his car. Joseph M. Batus, 29, was arrested for driving while intoxicated at Clinton Street and Verity Parkway. Two boys ages 11 and 12 were referred to juvenile authorities for allegedly stealing two bicycles.
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Glenn Shortt
Manhattan Avenue
Crawford Street
Shortt
Donald D. Hall
Oregonia Rt. 1
Ptl
James R. Daniel
Verity Parkway
Tytus Avenue
Daniel
James O'Conner
Fenwick High School
Ernest Childers
The
Turf Hotel
Central Avenue
Main Street
Robert L. Thomas
Germantown Road
Burl Jordan
Jefferson Road
Joseph M. Batus
Yankee Road
Clinton Street
Butler County
Principals Urge Enrollment as Middletown Schools Open
Middletown City School District principals are in buildings inviting new and returning pupils to enroll. Parents should call nearest schools to complete enrollment between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. School rules specify age for kindergarten and first grade. Orientation set for Aug 30 at multiple schools with bus routes available to Amanda Junior High and George M. Verity Middle School.
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Middletown City
Aoted Mt Theme
Amanda
Maenchester
McKinley
Roosevelt
George M. Verity
Parked Car Stripped Near Maud Hughes Road
Velmer Burton of 4633 Kyles Station Road reported to sheriff's deputies that his parked car was stripped while he was coon hunting. The vehicle was left at a dumping area off Maud Hughes Road and found missing upon return with a broken driver's window two rear tires and the battery removed. Burton saw two youths run from the car and flee in a nearby vehicle.
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Hamilton
Velmer Burton
Kyles Station Road
Sheriff's
Burton
Maud Hughes Road
Stolen Payroll Check Case Reported in Sharonville
Roland Lee Hamilton reports to sheriff’s deputies that a briefcase containing a $266 payroll check and two books of blank checks was stolen from his locked car at the Crossroads Store near Tylersville Road and Cincinnati Day Road in Maud.
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Hamilton
Roland Lee
Midpine Drive
Sharonville
Crossroads
Tylersville Road
Cincinnati - Dayton Road
Maud
Fire Incidents At Two Homes Cause Small Damage
A rubbish fire at 1216 Pine St started in a car owned by Frank Rawls causing $100 damage. Later at 407 Weaver St Regina L Moon 2 months old was choking but unharmed by arrival of firemen and advised parental medical check.
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Pine St
Frank Rawls
Weaver St
Regina
L. Moon
Boy Hurt at Highland Greens Pool Taken to Mercy Hospital
Seven year old Hamilton Lloyd Hedrick of Highland Greens Apartment near West Chester was injured after a fall at the apartment swimming pool. Deputy Dave Boomershine assisted in taking him to Mercy Hospital yesterday afternoon for treatment.
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Hamilton
Lloyd Hedrick
Highland Greens
West Chester
Mercy Hospital
Dave Boomershine
Intruders ransack West Chester home. thefts totaling $95
Intruders used a ladder to reach an upstairs bedroom at 9260 Cincinnati Dayton Road West Chester to raid the residence of Mrs Kathryn Bowers early today. They took two twenty dollar bills five dollars in change costume jewelry two lamps and an imported wine set valued at thirty dollars.
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Hamilton
Kathryn Bowers
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
West Cheser
Man Opens Tie Then Crashes On Route 732
A 21 year old West Alexandria man escaped injury when his westbound car ran off the road in heavy fog on Ohio Route 732 near Somerville Road. He loosened his necktie at the moment of loss of control. Four people were hurt in a second two car accident at Hamilton Trenton Road and Wehr Road near Overpeck with two drivers treated at Mercy Hospital and Christ Hospital Cincinnati.
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Old West Alexandria
Morning Sun Road
Somerville Road
Oxford
Ray Thomas
Sheriff's Department
William Eugene Swihart
Old Dayton Road
West Alexandria Rt. 1
Hamilton-Trenton
Wehr Road
Overpeck
Irma Louise Asbury
N. E St
Hamilton
Mercy
Lagonda Ave
Lela Jean Triplett
S. 5Th St
Wallace Caudill
Walnut St
Police Opposition to Walkout Gains Nationwide Support
Middletown officers reported at the Fraternal Order of Police meeting in St Louis that most attendees from 24 states opposed a two day walkout. FOP President Harrington denied proposing the walkout though he acknowledged it as one idea. A seminar on public support was approved but no date set.
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Middletown
Fraternal Order of Police National Board
St. Louis
Earl Smith
Coy Hall
Pat Keefe
John Lowe
FOP
John J. Harrington
Driver Receives Three Day Sentence For DWI
Edward Holland a 29 year old from 924 Beech St was sentenced by Acting Judge Vincent Sisson to three days in jail for driving while intoxicated. He received a $200 fine and a one year license suspension after police observed reckless driving. Several others faced suspended fines for failing to tap into the East End Sewer System with conditions to connect by Oct 1.
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East End
Vincent Sisson
J. T. Lamb
Edward Holland
Beech St
Holland
Creighton
Mae Valley
Lewis St
Leeman R
Kathleen Jones
Laura Evans
Jackson Lane
Lewis and
Bonnie Tucker
Philomena M. Denisi
Herbert Burge
Garfield St
Hershel Havens
Thieves steal $75,000 coin collection during wake
During the Middletown wake for Thomas E. Blevins a burglary at his Poppy Drive home netted a conservatively valued $75,000 in coins with three suitcases used to carry the loot. Blevins, operator of T M Coin Shop, died Wednesday at Mercy Hospital.
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Middletown
Blevins
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Mr. Blevins
Big Brothers Plan First Annual Meeting
The Big Brothers Association of Greater Middletown schedules its inaugural meeting for next Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of First United Presbyterian Church. George Bundick, the local unit president, has sent letters to board and advisory members and those contributing $50 or more are voting members. The program includes progress reports and officers and directors will be chosen for terms starting Jan 1, 1969. Enter via the rear McGee Avenue entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Brothers Association of
Greater Middletown
Fellowship Hall
First United Presbyterian Church
Central Ave
George Bundick
McGee Avenue
Youths Fined For Thefts In Butler County Court
Seven Middletown juveniles faced delinquency charges in Butler County Juvenile Court after two thefts. Four suspects admitted stealing 80 dollars in brass from Mueller Brass Co on Lafayette Avenue on Aug 19. Three others were involved in a break in at L and H Food Store on Wilson Street and Queen Avenue on Aug 20.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Mueller Brass Co
Lafayette Avenue
Wilson Street
Queen Avenue
Butler County
John F. Bookman
Electrical Usage Hits Record High
Cincinnati Gas and Electric officials report a record 1,675,500 kilowatts used Friday between 1 and 2 p.m. The previous record was 1,667,400 kilowatts set Thursday in the same hour. Each day since Monday has produced a new record between 1 and 3 p.m.
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Cincinnati Gas and Electric
Boy Drowns After Innertube Slip At Farm Pond
A 15 year old boy, Kelly Michael Ratliff, drowned on Greentree Road farm pond while swimming with friend Greg Howard. Ratliff fell from an innertube and rescue attempts failed. Funeral set for 2 PM Tuesday at McCoys Leffier Funeral Home with burial in Miami Valley Memory Gardens.
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Greentree Road
Kelly Michael Ratliff
Kelly Ratliff Jr
Hendrickson Road
Warren County
Herbert
Warren County Sheriff's Department
Greg Howard
Ratliff
Howard
Heart
Mason Life Squad
Lebanon High School
Linda
Kelly Ratliff
Germantown
Wilda Seaman
Dayton
McCoys Leffier Funeral Home
Miami Valley Memory Gardens
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Diana L. Blevins
Kiester Road
Miss Blevins
William Turner Barker
Highland Ave
New Miami
Police
Nix
Morgan St
O. E. Carter
Lafayette Ave
Glenn Whitman
Potter St
Trenton
Woodrow W. Fletcher
Sutphin St
Thomas E. Blevins
Mable
Big Brothers Plan
Lebanon High
Castell
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